Caramel, pecans, and red velvet cake combine to make these irresistible Red Velvet Turtle Brownies. A moist brownie with oozing caramel makes this a delicious twist on a classic brownie recipe. A delicious treat or fun dessert for family and friends.
Turtle Brownies
Brownies are a weakness for me in the dessert category. I can say no to ice cream. I can say no to cake. I can even say no to chocolate. But stick a brownie in front of me, and it’s all over! I should have known better than to mix one of my favorite cakes with more faves like caramel, pecans, and chocolate to create a Red Velvet Turtle Brownie. I’m telling you, this brownie is heaven. Serve it with my recipe for homemade whipped cream or chocolate-flavored whipped cream for the ultimate brownie treat.
What You’ll Love about this Turtle Brownie
- Using the Red Velvet Cake Mix by Betty Crocker is a nice shortcut to making red velvet brownies making it an easy recipe
- Nobody can resist the combination of caramel, pecans, and chocolate.
Ingredients
- Red Velvet Cake Mix: I used Betty Crocker’s with pudding in the mix
- Butter unsalted – Softened. This will make the brownies turn out rich and help them become light and fluffy.
- Evaporated milk – You’ll mix part of this with the red velvet cake mix and part of it with the caramel bits to make the delicious caramel sauce
- Chocolate chips – You’ll need chocolate to make this amazing dessert. I have used both milk chocolate and semi-sweet. I prefer semi-sweet
- Caramel bits – I used to use actual caramel squares. Thank goodness for caramel bits. They make life so much easier, and they are delicious.
- Evaporated milk – This makes the caramel so rich and creamy
- Pecan halves or pieces – Either one works, but I do happen to love the bigger halves. It’s so satisfying to bite into a tender pecan coated in caramel and chocolate.
Equipment Needed
A parchment lined 9×13 inch baking dish
Silicone spatula
How to Make Red Velvet Turtle Brownies
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, add the entire box of cake mix, plus the softened butter and 2/3 cup of the milk
- Mix well
- You can grease a 9×13 baking pan or use parchment paper to line it. Either way, pour about 1/2 of the Red Velvet mixture into the pan and spread it
- Bake that for about 10 minutes.
- While baking, grab a saucepan, and over medium to medium/high heat, add the 1/3 cup of milk and the caramels. Stir often while the caramels melt, then when the caramel is all mixed into the milk and smooth, remove from heat
- Pull the cake out of the oven
- Add the caramel mixture, chocolate chips, and pecans to the warm cake.
- Spread the remaining cake mix over everything
- Bake for an additional 18 to 20 minutes
- When done, the cake mix will most likely still be a fudge brownie consistency and moist.
- Allow it to cool, or serve it up warm with ice cream and more caramel.
Variations
Add some sea salt to the caramel to make a salted caramel dessert
What to Serve With
FAQs
The batter will still be moist and fudge-like even when it is done. It will continue to cook as it cools
Pretzels and sea salt make a nice salty sweet treat
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Serving Size
one dozen velvet turtle brownies
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Red Velvet Turtle Brownies
Ingredients
- 1 Red Velvet Cake Mix I used Betty Crocker's with pudding in the mix
- 4 tbsp. butter unsalted – softened
- ⅔ cup evaporated milk divided
- 12 oz. chocolate chips
- 11 oz. caramel bits
- ⅓ cup evaporated milk
- 1 cup pecan halves or pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- In a large bowl, add the entire box of cake mix, plus the softened butter and 2/3 cup of the milk
- Mix well
- You can grease a 9×13 baking pan or use parchment paper to line it. Either way, pour about 1/2 of the Red Velvet mixture into the pan
- Bake that for about 10 minutes
- While that is baking, grab a saucepan and over medium to med/high heat, add the 1/3 cup of milk and the caramels. Stir often while the caramels melt, then when the caramel is all mixed into the milk and smooth, remove from heat
- Pull the cake out of the oven
- To the warm cake add the caramel mixture, chocolate chips, and pecans
- Spread the remaining cake mix over everything
- Bake for an additional 18 to 20 minutes
- The cake mix will most likely still be a fudge brownie consistency and moist when done.
- Allow to cool or serve up warm with ice cream and more caramel
Notes
Nutrition
